Fycompa User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)

Fycompa has an average rating of 5.7 out of 10 from a total of 63 reviews on Drugs.com. 51% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 41% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Fycompa

Phil...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
May 6, 2022

For Epilepsy "A little background for context first: 39 year old male with right temporal lobe epilepsy. Focal point evolving to secondarily generalized convulsive tonic clonic seizures. Over 15 years of uncontrolled seizures. I had 3 open brain surgeries since March 2020, two temporal lobe resections and a hematoma evacuation. Continuing to have convulsive seizures, every six weeks on average. Current AED regiment: 150mg Briviact 2x daily and 6mg Fycompa nightly. I have been on Fycompa for 6 weeks now and continue to have focal point seizures and occasional g.t.c. Seizures. The first and primary side effect I noticed was an overwhelming sedation. Even for seizure drugs I’ve never been so “drugged” feeling. I take it before bed and wake up extremely sedated. I’ve noticed that it takes about 16 hours from dosing until I can function. It also messes with stomach and gives serious balance and gait problems after dosing. I wouldn’t recommend this drug for anything but a last resort treatment."

3 / 10

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Ahmed
Taken for 10 years or more
May 30, 2022

For Epilepsy "Before any thing Many thanks to the organizers of this wonderful website I've only been taking this medication for 10 days and go from 2ml to 4ml I was greatly affected by (abdominal gas - difficulty defecation - increased appetite - severe pain in the lower back and pain in the left side of the body from the shoulders to the feet) I tested it with Vitamin B12 and saw improvement. I've taken many medications before, most recently and still Vimpat, which has greatly affected my memory and focus. Friends call me Alzheimer's. My main problem is the seizure after ejaculation and sex. I then go into insomnia for a period of between 1 week to a month, then the seizure comes after eating any meal directly or at bedtime. I have not yet found a doctor who can determine the causes and know the final treatment."

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Jay
Taken for 1 to 6 months
September 6, 2019

For Seizures "My 72 yr old sister had 2 mg of fycompa added end of March. By August she cannot walk or stand. Ataxia. Side effect. It’s the inability to move! Stopped the drug. She also sleeps almost 24/7 now."

3 / 10

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Dhani...
Taken for 5 to 10 years
May 7, 2017

For Epilepsy "Started on this medication during its study phase. Just makes me real tired and in a "fog" in the morning. If still up an hour after taking it I sometime feel "drunk", balance is altered."

9 / 10

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notyo...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
September 18, 2017

For Epilepsy "This medicine has made me more angry than usual and it doesn't help with my seizures. It also makes me sleepier than usual."

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Evad
Taken for 2 to 5 years
November 1, 2019

For Seizures "FYcoma is the best anti seizure medicine I have ever had,. I had a Grand Mal in 1969. I have been on countless ones over the years."

10 / 10

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Kw60218
Taken for 1 to 6 months
March 26, 2022

For Epilepsy "This is a very good medicine for epilepsy but it makes me hungry , off balance and sleep for almost 10hrs"

10 / 10

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Bcar
Taken for 1 to 6 months
February 15, 2021

For Seizures "It’s one off the most HORRIBLE DRUGS OUT THERE!!!! DONT' DO IT!!! Absolutely fowl"

1 / 10

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never...
January 6, 2017

For Epilepsy "frequent bowel movements, later diarrea especially durning the morning hard to tell if it helped my seizures, as I had 4 seizures in a 5 month period"

2 / 10

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Dhani...
Taken for 5 to 10 years
April 19, 2017

For Epilepsy "I started on it during its study phase. The only side effects are it makes me very tired. And it does take me longer to wake up. I think it is an awesome medication."

9 / 10

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Rose...
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
October 28, 2021

For Epilepsy "This is the most worse drugs for kids the side effects are real I do not recommend it for no one it causes mental problems. This is an awful drug should not be on the market"

1 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for less than 1 month
June 30, 2022

For Epilepsy "Good med. I like it. It has helped me a lot. It has not been a problem as far as side effects. I feel pretty good and have had no problems since I started talking it."

8 / 10

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Ker
Taken for 1 to 6 months
May 25, 2022

For Epilepsy "Was on it one month and stopped. Worst med I’ve ever taken. Caused severe memory and concentration issues. Was even let go from my job due to the side effects."

1 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for 1 to 2 years
April 9, 2022

For Epilepsy "I had to increase the mg slowly and have found it made me extremely tired or dizzy when not taken with food. Overall I have gone from 5 seizures a month to 2 in the past 8 months and am on 6 mg."

9 / 10

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